Irony of the Day: I'm a College English Teacher and I Don't Understand the Online Traffic School Instructions

I've reach an all-time intelligence low. I'm taking an online traffic school course for a speeding ticket and there is a part in the course where it says "there will be a different but similiar phrase before the hidden word" (they misspelled similar as simular but that's another matter). I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm wasting time here and I feel stupid. 

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Comments

[jonnybardo]

"there will be a different but similiar phrase before the hidden word"

That sentence doesn't make sense out of context. Does it mean that the phrase has a similar meaning to the hidden word, and the point is to figure out the hidden word based upon the phrase?

Anyhow, your experience reminds me of when I got pulled over for not wearing a seat-belt - this must have been six, seven years ago. Anyhow, the $150 ticket would be reduced to $25 if I was willing to go to a two-hour class, which of course I was.

What commenced was a memorable evening. The woman, a surly, gruff type--possibly an ex-paramedic or nurse--who had obviously seen "some shit," told us that the video wasn't meant to shock people into wearing seat-belts, but that's obviously what it was. It was a two-hour horror show. The upshot is not only did I save $125 but I've been very diligent about wearing my seat-belt ever since. Scare tactics actually work.

[Jeffrey McMahon]

My wife Carrie came home and figured it out in one minute. You're just looking for a non sequitur sentence that tells you the code word. I am an official dumb ****.

[Angelo]

I'm more interested in how they managed to spell similar wrong.

[Jeffrey McMahon]

On a different note, Invicta Thursday Sprint today will be selling their upscale Imperious line. Many have sapphire crystal.

[herculodge]

If I'm not mistaken.

[jonnybardo]

You're right, it looks like that. What's that blue dial one on the left? Looks intriguing.

[jonnybardo]

I think its this one:

http://www.shopnbc.com/Imperious_Men_s_Chaos_Swiss_Made_Quartz_Chronograph_Stainless_Steel_Bracelet_Watch/622-496.aspx

Intriguing. At 50x17mm its on the very upper end of respectability for me, but the Imperious is a lot of watch. Might be better as an all black affair, though.

[herculodge]

I just got to my office from class. I might miss some of the deals. Oh well. I'd like the black Chaos with rosetone highlights. On the other hand, there's a Depthmaster I'm saving for . . .

[herculodge]

Shop selling the black chaos for 276 on clearance: http://www.shopnbc.com/Imperious_Men_s_Chaos_Swiss_Made_Quartz_Chronograph_Stainless_Steel_Bracelet_Watch/621-695.aspx?storeid=1&cm_re=SearchList-_-N-_-N&prop=Imperious|2465&catprop=2465

[Angelo]

Flame Fusion. Okay by me, but Herc, you usually pause on those.

[herculodge]

Yeah, I prefer sapphire. You can't tell by this photo but this Imperious Man of War, on sale, looks like a Panerai: http://www.ebay.com/itm/400523064291?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[Michael Brent]

The same government dweebs that wrote that course will be handling our health care soon.
Wont that be great?

[Bill Bush]

I took one of those courses as a result of a red light camera ticket I got when a car ahead of me stopped in an intersection for no reason, then took off after the light had turned red. Of course I was left sitting in the middle of the intersection under a red light. Easier to take the course than to pay the fine, but the rental car company charged me extra on the credit card for bad driving. The course was a bunch of dull crap, but THE PRIVATE COMPANY that made and administered it made some money.

[herculodge]

My online course was littered with basic grammar and spelling errors. Pathetic.

[Michael Brent]

A PRIVATE COMPANY you say?
Oh well then I'm sure Obamacare will work out just fine.